Product Description

Principles of Interactive Multimedia introduces all the contributory fields that are necessary for informed, thoughtful design and development of multimedia systems to be delivered through CD, the web or other mechanisms. It adopts an inter-disciplinary approach. The focus is to explain the basics of all the contributing disciplines to the design of systems. The book equips readers to think about multimedia issues, at the same time as they are learning and applying skills. It will encourage development, innovation and creative operation using the tools of multimedia. Multimedia workers operate in teams with differing skills, and this book will give each member of the team an understanding of the skills of the rest of the team and hence a means of communicating with them effectively. It is closely related to the needs of practice and the real world, while being leading edge in what it proposes. Written by an Author with many years'||''' experience as lecturer and practitioner in multimedia applications, the book focuses on the underpinning models behind multimedia. Hitherto, practice has been to teach the material primarily as skill-based, with comparatively little theory of any sort, and no integrated theory at all. The subject is now reaching the level of maturity where such theory is being recognised as essential to the provision of adequate courses as an academic discipline. The book provides this integrated theoretical base by focussing on interaction as the key to system design, and particularly by using linguistic models to underpin a communication interpretation of multimedia. This unification is unique, but has been used with students over several years and is well received by those from both science and arts backgrounds. It has been positively received by other academics who have seen it.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #337296 in Books
• Published on: 2001-07-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 350 pages

From the Publisher
covers all of the components of multimedia technology
focuses on interaction as the key to system design
provides comprehensive tutorial support in the form of exercises and web-based material.

About the Author
Mark Elsom-Cook is based at the University of Huddersfield.

Customer Reviews

An excellent introduction to interactive multimedia
There are many books concerning the multimedia today. Most of these books deal with equipping the user with procedural based knowledege. This is the first book I have read with deals with the underlying conceptual theory of desiging interactive multimedia. It covers all the main areas you would expect to have been under consideration when designing such systems. The inter disciplinary approach is a quite refreshing change from most multimedia texts. I would recommend this text for all practioners and students in multimedia.

A must for all web/multimedia developers
This book covers everything you could ever want to know about multimedia production. It covers all the aspects which other multimedia books don't even think about.

If you are looking for a book which helps you to create and design informed websites or are a student of multimedia then this book is a must.

Strongly recommended